PCM harriers make big statements at Nevada Cubs Invitational

NEVADA — Both PCM cross country programs made big statements on Monday.

The Mustang boys slayed a pair of ranked teams to win the Nevada Cubs Invitational, while the girls battled a trio of ranked squads without one of its varsity runners and finished seven points out of a meet championship at Hickory Grove Park.

The PCM boys scored 51 points at the top of the standings. The Mustangs put six runners in the top 20 and edged Class 3A No. 20 Nevada (57) by six and downed 2A No. 17 Van Meter (67) by 16 points.

The rest of the eight-team field included Iowa Falls-Alden (116), East Marshall (134), Roland-Story (150), West Marshall (164) and South Hamilton (204).

While no Mustang finished in the top five, Brenden Lahart was seventh in 18 minutes, 20.2 seconds.

Kash Fischer (18:24.2) was eighth, Coby DeRaad (18:26.4) finished ninth and Owen Osterhaus (19:00) placed 11th.

The other scoring runner was Camden Lahart (19:26.7) in 17th. Cademon Burkett (19:27.8) was 18th as a non-scoring runner.

Class 2A No. 11 Corbin Lucchesi of Roland-Story won the boys’ 5K race in 17:31.1. Nevada’s Trevor Nusbaum was the runner-up in 17:33.1.

Van Meter’s Laura Streck won the girls’ 5K race in 19:30.7. Class 2A No. 11 Addie Thompson of West Marshall was the runner-up in 20:24.5.

Class 2A No. 3 West Marshall won the girls’ meet championship with 50 points.

That was seven points better than 2A No. 8 PCM (57), but the Mustangs did not have the services of Darbey DeRaad.

Class 2A No. 2 Van Meter (66) finished third, Nevada and Iowa Falls-Alden both scored 122 points to complete the top five.

Class 2A No. 13 Roland-Story (139) headlined the next group, and the rest of the 10-team field included East Marshall (213), South Hardin (232), South Hamilton (236) and the Ankeny JV (259).

Class 2A No. 8 Abi Teeter led PCM with a time of 21:01.9 in fifth. Ali Hilsabeck (21:11.1) was sixth, Lila Milani (21:52.7) placed 11th and Bailey Wheeler (22:26.8) was 19th.

The final scoring runner was Paiten Rumbaugh (22:34.8) in 21st. Annie Ford (23:42.7) and Jodi Jungling (23:54.9) were non-scoring runners in 25th and 30th, respectively.